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Identity Theft

Identity theft is a serious crime. Learn more about how to protect your personal information. Find easy tips for preventing identify theft, from locking your credit report to setting up better passwords.

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Learn more about the importance of credit monitoring. With credit monitoring you can spot identity theft, correct inaccuracies and receive alerts when changes are made to your report. Keep yourself informed. Read more about how credit monitoring can contribute to your financial health.

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You have three different credit reports, one for each of the three credit bureaus—TransUnion, Experian and Equifax. Information varies from bureau to bureau, so it’s important to monitor all three of your reports. Click here to learn more.

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Credit Freeze

If you are concerned about becoming a victim of fraud or identity theft, a Credit Freeze might be right for you. Learn more about placing a freeze on your credit report to prevent lenders from accessing your TransUnion credit report entirely, which will prevent them from extending credit.

Credit Disclosures

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Fraud Victims Resources

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Active Duty Credit Monitoring

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Whether you’re skipping town for the weekend or planning a cross-country adventure, summer is the season for road trips. While you may have your route all planned out and your car packed, don’t leave home without following these precautions.

1. At home — keep up appearances.Before you hit the road, do what you can to make it look like you’ll still be home. If your mail’s piling up, your garage door’s always down, and nobody’s coming in and out of your house, you may tip off dumpster divers and other criminals that your trash and home are ripe for thieving.

So, in addition to taking the usual precautions before you leave (e.g., securing valuables, locking your doors), it may also make sense to ask a trusted relative, friend or neighbor to keep an eye on your place while you’re gone.

2. On the road — beware pit-stop pitfalls.Road trips require refueling. Paying at the pump is quick and convenient, but may carry risks. If the payment slot looks funny, it’s safer to skip it and pay inside than risk your card information getting skimmed.

Another good practice is to use a credit card, rather than a debit card. If, despite your best efforts, your information ends up in the wrong hands, it’s generally much easier to recover through the fraud-fighting systems credit card companies have in place than it is to piece together a cleaned-out debit-card account.

3. At your fingertips — get credit monitoring.While you won’t always be able to detect suspicious, possibly-fraudulent activity with credit monitoring and it isn’t the only way to do it, credit monitoring gives you a nice layer of protection to have in the background.

With TransUnion Credit Monitoring, you’ll be able to check your latest-available TransUnion credit report on your phone wherever you have an internet connection. You’ll also get:

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